Contradictory Quotes

218 Contradictory quotes by 191 unique authors

It may not be nice to be good, little 6655321. It may be horrible to be good. And when I say that to you I… — Anthony Burgess
You're only a man! You've not our gifts! I can tell you! Why, a woman can think of a hundred different things at once, all… — Georgette Heyer
Of all the systems of religion that ever were invented, there is no more derogatory to the Almighty, more unedifying to man, more repugnant to… — Thomas Paine
However contradictory the coroner's report — whether he pronounces Consumption or Loneliness or Suicide to be the cause of death — isn't it plain how… — J D Salinger
I believe that this nation can only heal from the wounds of racism if we all begin to love blackness. And by that I don't… — Bell Hooks
[The Head of Radio Three] had been ensnared by the Music Director of the college and a Professor of Philosophy. These two were busy explaining… — Douglas Adams
However, displayed right alongside all the Confederate flag paraphernalia is a bunch of American flag merch – American flag place mats, patriotic “body crystals,” flag… — Sarah Vowell
Happiness is a state of non-contradictory joy--a joy without penalty or guilt, a joy that does not clash with any of your values and does… — Ayn Rand
In years to come, he would be a giver of bread, not a stealer - proof again of the contradictory human being. So much good,… — Markus Zusak
I began dividing life in absolutes... Things and people were either perfectly bad, or perfectly good, and when life didn't obey this black-and-white rule, when… — J. R. Moehringer
Thinking about time is to acknowledge two contradictory certainties: that our outward lives are governed by the seasons and the clock; that our inward lives… — Jeanette Winterson
But how to do feelings? All very well to write "She felt sad", or describe what a sad person might do, but what of sadness… — Ian Mcewan
Time interval is a strange and contradictory matter in the mind. It would be reasonable to suppose that a routine time or an eventless time… — John Steinbeck
It is only through literature that one can put oneself in someone else’s shoes and understand the other’s different and contradictory sides and refrain from… — Azar Nafisi
The point is... to live one's life in the full complexity of what one is, which is something much darker, more contradictory, more of a… — Thomas Nagel
In the eyes of the ego, self-esteem and humility are contradictory. In truth, they are one and the same. — Eckhart Tolle
A name can't begin to encompass the sum of all her parts. But that's the magic of names, isn't it? That the complex, contradictory individuals… — Charles de Lint
No school can supply an anti-liberal education, or a fascist education, as these terms are contradictory. Liberalism and education are one. — George Seldes
Life's very difficult and full of surprises. At all events, I've got as far as that. To be humble and kind, to go straight ahead,… — E. M. Forster
To write poetry and to commit suicide, apparently so contradictory, had really been the same, attempts at escape. — John Fowles
This wasn't the person he'd thought he was, or would have chosen to be if he'd been free to choose, but there was something comforting… — Jonathan Franzen
In art, and maybe just in general, the idea is to be able to be really comfortable with contradictory ideas. In other words, wisdom might… — George Saunders
Wandering and confused, lost to myself, ill-assorted, contradictory, Pausing, gazing, bending, and stopping — Nicholas Sparks
She was the reason I was a reader, and being a reader was what had made me most myself; it had given me the gifts… — Curtis Sittenfeld
You have to systematically create confusion, it sets creativity free. Everything that is contradictory creates life — Salvador Dali

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